Fiber Architecture

Image of Fiber Architecture as envisaged by the designer.

Project Details

• Project Name: Fiber Architecture
• Project Type: Industrial design
• Principal Designer: Tokujin Yoshioka
• Year of commencement of project: 2006
• Material: Fiber Optics

View of the fiber optics systematically organized to give it structural strength.

The Product

Fiber architecture stands as Tokujin Yoshioka's new proposal for an architecture of the future. The design stems from the belief that the structure of the future is one that secures strength not by using hard materials, but through the systematical organization of small and light fibers. The idea stems from the principles of Japanese art "Aikido", in which the defender gains strength by diverting forces through his graceful and circular movement.

Credits

• Text: Courtesy of the designer
• Photographs: Courtesy of the designer
• Compiled and edited by Manish Mehta